Mount Wilson, New South Wales

Mount Wilson
Mount Wilson
	Tributary to Waterfall Creek, Waterfall Reserve
Highest point
Elevation	1,008 m (3,307 ft)
Parent peak	Bell Range
Coordinates	33°31′S 150°22′E / 33.517°S 150.367°E
Geography
	Mount Wilson Location in New South Wales
Location	Blue Mountains,; New South Wales, Australia

Mount Wilson
Federal division(s)
Mount Wilson; Federal division(s)	Macquarie
	Localities around Mount Wilson:

Mount Wilson is a village in the

Sydney CBD. At the 2021 census, the village of Mount Wilson had a population of 81 people.^[1]

Description

Mount Wilson is a long, low mountain formation that sprawls for 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) in the northern Blue Mountains area. It is completely surrounded by the Blue Mountains National Park, a World Heritage Area. It has been partly developed as a residential area, with elaborate gardens that have become a tourist attraction. The area is particularly popular in the autumn when the red and orange leaves give it extra colour. According to some, the "well-organised locals have managed to resist the tidal wave of development which swept through the other mountain towns."^[3]

History

The Mount Wilson area was surveyed in 1868 by Edward Wyndham. It was subsequently named after

Secretary for Lands in the Government of New South Wales.^[4] The new township became popular as a summer retreat for the wealthy in the latter part of the 19th century. Extensive gardens were planted around the houses there, taking advantage of the volcanic soils. Historical features that can still be seen include St George's Church, which was built by the children of Henry Marcus Clark and consecrated in 1916; and the house Withycombe, in The Avenue, which was built by George Henry Cox, a grandson of William Cox, who built the first road over the Blue Mountains.^[5]

The novelist Patrick White spent some of his youth there, writing about the place in his 1981 memoir Flaws in the Glass; his parents had lived in Mount Wilson between 1912 and 1937. In Flaws in the Glass, he referred to "one of those tedious Australian, would-be tourists attractions called Chinaman's Hat," a reference to a local rock formation.^[6]

Heritage listings

Mount Wilson has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

68-78 The Avenue: Wynstay Estate^[7]

Activities

Apart from visiting the gardens for which the area is famous, it is also possible to do a number of walks in places like Waterfall Reserve, the rainforest pocket in Davies Lane, the Cathedral of Ferns, Pheasants Cave, Chinamans Hat and, for more experienced walkers, the track to the Wollangambe River.

Blue Mountains Ash

forests.

Withycombe, built by George Henry Cox
Cathedral of Ferns
St George's Church

References

^ ^a ^b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mount Wilson". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
^ "Mount Wilson (mountain)". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
^ Smith, Jim (1986). How to See The Blue Mountains. Second Back Row Press. p. 31.
^ "Mount Wilson (village)". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
^ Hungerford; Donald (1982). Exploring the Blue Mountains. Kangaroo Press. pp. 172–173.
^ White, Patrick (1981). Flaws in the Glass. Jonathan Cape.
Department of Planning & Environment. H01520. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence
.

^ Paton, Neil (2004). Sydney and Blue Mountains Bushwalks. Kangaroo Press. pp. 291–298.

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Mount Wilson.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mount Wilson, New South Wales.

Mount Wilson Website

Mt Wilson to Bilpin Bush Run - held each August

Article about Mount Wilson in the Sydney Morning Herald

Ian Jack (2008). "Mount Wilson". Dictionary of Sydney. Retrieved 28 September 2015. [CC-By-SA]

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Coastal mountain ranges
(not part of the
Great Dividing Range)
Mid North Coast

Middle Brother (554 m or 1,818 ft)

South Brother (487 m or 1,598 ft)

North Brother (476 m or 1,562 ft)

Allyn, Barrington
& Mount Royal

Brumlow Tops
(1,586 m or 5,203 ft)

Polblue
(1,575 m or 5,167 ft)

Barrington
(1,555 m or 5,102 ft)

Careys Peak (1,544 m or 5,066 ft)

Eremeren Point (1,537 m or 5,043 ft)

Royal (1,185 m or 3,888 ft)

Allyn (1,125 m or 3,691 ft)

Cabrebald (1,000 m or 3,281 ft)

Ben Bullen

Gunama

Lumeah

Gibraltar and Sugarloaf

Summit (1,170 m or 3,839 ft)

Sugarloaf (412 m or 1,352 ft)

Bulahdelah

Manning

Blue Mountains

Coricudgy (1,255 m or 4,117 ft)

unnamed peak (1,189 m or 3,901 ft)

Pomany (1,109 m or 3,638 ft)

Piddington (1,094 m or 3,589 ft)

Boyce (1,093 m or 3,586 ft)

York (1,061 m or 3,481 ft)

Victoria (1,059 m or 3,474 ft)

Banks (1,049 m or 3,442 ft)

Tomah
(1,016 m or 3,333 ft)

Wilson (1,008 m or 3,307 ft)

Kings Tableland (1,000 m or 3,281 ft)

Narrow Neck Plateau (1,000 m or 3,281 ft)

Bell (998 m or 3,274 ft)

Castle Cliff (986 m or 3,235 ft)

Solitary (950 m or 3,117 ft)

Hay (944 m or 3,097 ft)

Podgers (890 m or 2,920 ft)

Irvine (850 m or 2,789 ft)

Debert (840 m or 2,756 ft)

Camp Cave (800 m or 2,625 ft)

Warrigal (760 m or 2,493 ft)

Notts (750 m or 2,461 ft)

Harris (736 m or 2,415 ft)

Centre (620 m or 2,034 ft)

Hall (617 m or 2,024 ft)

Gibson (608 m or 1,995 ft)

Scorpion (558 m or 1,831 ft)

Linda Rock (599 m or 1,965 ft)

Cookem (569 m or 1,867 ft)

Gospers

Bedford

Cameron

Coriaday

Erskine

Mistake

Monundilla

Whaite

Wirraba

Pearces

Wedding Cake

Illawarra

Bells
(803 m or 2,635 ft)

Knights Hill (709 m or 2,326 ft)

Noorinan (663 m or 2,175 ft)

Saddleback (600 m or 1,969 ft)

Wanyambilli Hill (564 m or 1,850 ft)

Kembla (534 m or 1,752 ft)

Burelli (531 m or 1,742 ft)

Kembla West (512 m or 1,680 ft)

Brisbane (469 m or 1,539 ft)

Keira (464 m or 1,522 ft)

Warra (464 m or 1,522 ft)

Brokers Nose (440 m or 1,444 ft)

Nebo (252 m or 827 ft)

The Budawangs

Budawang (1,129 m or 3,704 ft)

Currockbilly (1,087 m or 3,566 ft)

Wog Wog (893 m or 2,930 ft)

Cole (876 m or 2,874 ft)

Sturgiss (858 m or 2,815 ft)

Fosters (857 m or 2,812 ft)

Barneys Hill (855 m or 2,805 ft)

The Castle (831 m or 2,726 ft)

Shrouded Gods (809 m or 2,654 ft)

Donjon (786 m or 2,579 ft)

Clyde (781 m or 2,562 ft)

Quiltys (775 m or 2,543 ft)

Wirritin (674 m or 2,211 ft)

Pigeon House / Didthul (720 m or 2,362 ft)

Bushwalker (640 m or 2,100 ft)

Byangee (500 m or 1,640 ft)

Coolangatta

Tarn

Great Dividing Range
Tweed

Warning (1,156 m or 3,793 ft)

Bar (1,130 m or 3,707 ft)

Glenugie (316 m or 1,037 ft)

Chincogan (260 m or 853 ft)

Gladstone

Goobergooberyam

Moombil

McPherson and Nightcap

Barney
(1,359 m or 4,459 ft)

Burrell 933 m or 3,061 ft)

Neville (919 m or 3,015 ft)

Nardi (812 m or 2,664 ft)

Matheson (804 m or 2,638 ft)

Peates (604 m or 1,982 ft)

Mid North Coast

Banda Banda (1,258 m or 4,127 ft)

Nandewar

Kaputar (1,489 m or 4,885 ft)

Dowe (1,457 m or 4,780 ft)

Mount Coryah (1,409 m or 4,623 ft)

Lindesay (1,373 m or 4,505 ft)

Grattai (1,301 m or 4,268 ft)

Bushy (1,260 m or 4,134 ft)

Round (1,250 m or 4,101 ft)

Yulludunida (1,225 m or 4,019 ft)

Castle Top (1,120 m or 3,675 ft)

Gins (1,120 m or 3,675 ft)

Ningadhun (1,013 m or 3,323 ft)

Liverpool and Watagan

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Pandoras Pass (788 m or 2,585 ft)

Warrawolong (641 m or 2,103 ft)

New England and Moonbi

Round (1,585 m or 5,200 ft)

Point Lookout (1,564 m or 5,131 ft)

Ben Lomond (1,512 m or 4,961 ft)

Grundy (1,463 m or 4,800 ft)

Barren (1,437 m or 4,715 ft)

Hyland (1,434 m or 4,705 ft)

Duval (1,393 m or 4,570 ft)

Black Jack (1,300 m or 4,265 ft)

Gulligal (1,230 m or 4,035 ft)

Oaky (1,070 m or 3,510 ft)

Cooee (1,020 m or 3,346 ft)

Flaggy (984 m or 3,228 ft)

Big Billy (884 m or 2,900 ft)

Dorrigo (762 m or 2,500 ft)

Burning (520 m or 1,706 ft)

Yarrowyck

Central Tablelands

Canobolas (1,395 m or 4,577 ft)

Shooters Hill (1,394 m or 4,573 ft)

Bindo (1,363 m or 4,472 ft)

Trickett (1,362 m or 4,469 ft)

Blaxland (901 m or 2,956 ft)

Hopeless (1,056 m or 3,465 ft)

The Brindabellas and Scabby

Bimberi (1,913 m or 6,276 ft)

Gingera (1,857 m or 6,093 ft)

Kelly (1,829 m or 6,001 ft)

Ginini (1,762 m or 5,781 ft)

Franklin (1,646 m or 5,400 ft)

Aggie (1,421 m or 4,662 ft)

Coree (1,421 m or 4,662 ft)

Bramina (1,392 m or 4,567 ft)

Bulls Head (1,375 m or 4,511 ft)

Black Bottle (1,356 m or 4,449 ft)

Lickhole (1,188 m or 3,898 ft)

Brindabella (972 m or 3,189 ft)

Monaro

Big Badja (1,363 m or 4,472 ft)

Brown (1,243 m or 4,078 ft)

Gibraltar (Bungendore) (887 m or 2,910 ft)

Gibraltar Hill

Snowies
Main

Kosciuszko (2,228 m or 7,310 ft)

Townsend (2,209 m or 7,247 ft)

unnamed peak on Etheridge Ridge (2,180 m or 7,152 ft)

Alice Rawson Peak (2,160 m or 7,087 ft)

Byatts Camp (2,159 m or 7,083 ft)

Carruthers (2,145 m or 7,037 ft)

Abbott Peak (2,145 m or 7,037 ft)

Mount Northcote (2,131 m or 6,991 ft)

Muellers Peak (2,120 m or 6,955 ft)

Clark (2,100 m or 6,890 ft)

Lee (2,100 m or 6,890 ft)

Gungartan (2,068 m or 6,785 ft)

Tate (2,068 m or 6,785 ft)

Jagungal (2,061 m or 6,762 ft)

Perisher (2,054 m or 6,739 ft)

Stilwell (2,040 m or 6,693 ft)

Watsons Crags (2,020 m or 6,627 ft)

Back Perisher (2,014 m or 6,608 ft)

Anton (2,000 m or 6,562 ft)

Anderson (1,997 m or 6,552 ft)

Blue Cow (1,994 m or 6,542 ft)

The Granite Peaks (1,980 m or 6,496 ft)

Dicky Cooper Bogong (1,980 m or 6,496 ft)

Gills Knobs (1,940 m or 6,365 ft)

Guthega Peak (1,924 m or 6,312 ft)

Blue Calf (1,905 m or 6,250 ft)

Sentinel (1,900 m or 6,234 ft)

Mount Piper (1,830 m or 6,004 ft)

Round (1,756 m or 5,761 ft)

Ramshead

Rams Head (2,190 m or 7,185 ft)

Twynam (2,178 m or 7,146 ft)

Rams Head North (2,177 m or 7,142 ft)

Little Twynam (2,120 m or 6,955 ft)

Other mountains in the GDR

Yengo (668 m or 2,192 ft)

Inland mountain ranges
Barrier

Lewis Peak (297 m or 974 ft)

Warrumbungles

Exmouth (1,206 m or 3,957 ft)

Woorut (1,165 m or 3,822 ft)

Needle

Other inland mountains

Grenfell

Gibralter Hill

Island mountain ranges
Lord Howe

Gower (875 m or 2,871 ft)

Lidgbird (777 m or 2,549 ft)

Mountains not within
a specific range

Gibraltar (863 m or 2,831 ft)

Gulaga (806 m or 2,644 ft)

Ulandra (761 m or 2,497 ft)

Tilga (329 m or 1,079 ft)

Oxley (307 m or 1,007 ft)

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mount_Wilson,_New_South_Wales&oldid=1218808684"

[Census2021Y-1] Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mount Wilson". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 September 2022.

[gnbmountain-2] "Mount Wilson (mountain)". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 May 2015.

[3] Smith, Jim (1986). How to See The Blue Mountains. Second Back Row Press. p. 31.

[4] "Mount Wilson (village)". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 November 2009.

[5] Hungerford; Donald (1982). Exploring the Blue Mountains. Kangaroo Press. pp. 172–173.

[6] White, Patrick (1981). Flaws in the Glass. Jonathan Cape.

[nswshr-1520-7] Department of Planning & Environment. H01520. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence
.

[8] Paton, Neil (2004). Sydney and Blue Mountains Bushwalks. Kangaroo Press. pp. 291–298.

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Description

History

Heritage listings

Activities

See also

References

External links